The campaign was first initiated by Australia in 1993 and launched globally by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) in the third week of September annually.
The 2017 campaign’s theme featuring waste management for sustainable rural environment aims to emphasize the pivotal role of environmental management, especially waste management in rural districts in the building of a developing country in harmony with the nature.
The ministry called for the response from ministries and localities through the strengthening of State management over the environment, close supervision over projects with high risk of causing pollution, encouraging enterprises and the community to engage in environmental protection activities.
In addition to the ceremony, many activities will be organized in September 22 and 23 such as collecting waste in some roads in Kim Boi District, jogging to call for cleaning environment, planting trees in junior high school in Tu Son Commune as well as how to sort out waste.
